'''22 December 1854:''' Multnomah county was created from [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas]] and [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington]] Counties. Named after [[Indians of North America|Native American]] people first recorded in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Mulknomans, who inhabited the area of Portland, most specifically on Sauvie Island.

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'''22 December 1854:''' Multnomah county was created from [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas]] and [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington]] Counties. Named after [[Indians of North America|Native American]] people first recorded in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Mulknomans, who inhabited the area of Portland, most specifically on Sauvie Island. <ref>{{WorldCat|50140092}} ▲ {{FHL|1049485|item}} ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002)</ref>

The county seat is Portland.

The county seat is Portland.

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[http://www.gfo.org/ The Genealogical Forum of Oregon] has placed an index on-line to the following marriage books: ([[Access Codes|FI$]])

[http://www.gfo.org/ The Genealogical Forum of Oregon] has placed an index on-line to the following marriage books: ([[Access Codes|FI$]])

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1855/index.htm 1855 - 1874 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1855/index.htm 1855 - 1874 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1875/index.htm 1875 - 1879 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1875/index.htm 1875 - 1879 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1880/index.htm 1880 - 1884 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1880/index.htm 1880 - 1884 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1885/index.htm 1885 - 1889 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1885/index.htm 1885 - 1889 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1890/index.htm 1890 - 1894 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1890/index.htm 1890 - 1894 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1895/index.htm 1895 - 1899 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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*[http://www.gfo.org/m1895/index.htm 1895 - 1899 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

*[http://www.gfo.org/m1900/index.htm 1900 - 1904 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

*[http://www.gfo.org/m1900/index.htm 1900 - 1904 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books]

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22 December 1854: Multnomah county was created from Clackamas and Washington Counties. Named after Native American people first recorded in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Mulknomans, who inhabited the area of Portland, most specifically on Sauvie Island. [1]